"Well you know, this is scary. It affects me and it affects my customers," said nearby business owner Frank Maradweh.

Maradweh was inside his convenience store around 9:45 p.m. Friday, when he said a teenager came in with a frightening description.

"He comes in the store and he tells us, 'I have some guy on the floor outside and I don't know what happened.' And he had pictures from his phone. When I saw that I gave him my phone and he called the police," said Maradweh.

Maradweh said he followed the boy to where the victim was found, which was through a cut out part in the fence in an adjacent parking lot.

Police arrived to find a black man who had been shot to death.

They closed off the scene and combed the neighborhood for evidence.

Gayle Pierce said she was in her home next door when she heard a gunshot.

"I thought, 'Well, it's just a car backfiring.' I didn't think anything about someone being shot. Now I'm scared," said Pierce.

Maradweh said people use the hole in the fence to come and go, and he said there are often robberies in the area, but it's the first murder he's seen.

"After 8 o'clock, always I am scared. It's scary. It's almost no one out after 8. It's dark here and everything," said Maradweh.

Maradweh said he believes the growth around the fence makes it especially dangerous.

Pierce agreed and said it just scares her more.

"You think whoever shot that guy will shoot anybody. Life meant nothing to that guy," said Pierce.

WLKY spoke to the person who found the victim. He declined to speak on camera but said the victim had wounds on his head.

Anyone with information on the shooting should call the anonymous police tip line at 502-574-LMPD.

THE NIGHT OFF. METRO POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE - AFTER A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD LAST NIGHT... OFF ARCADE AVENUE. W-L-K-Y'S CORY PIPPIN TALKED WITH A MAN... WHO HELPED THE FRIGHTENED TEENAGER WHO FOUND THE BODY. HE JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS... CORY? TIM - TODAY, I SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO SAW THE BODY AND CALLED 9-11. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH...BEHIND AN ABANDONED APARTMENT BUILDING. "Well you know, this is scary. It affects me and it affects my customers," IT WAS A SCENE HERE...MANY NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D SEE.... AFTER THE MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND OFF ARCADE AVENUE...THE SEARCH FOR THE KILLER BEGAN. FRANK MARADWEH WAS INSIDE HIS CONVENIENCE STORE AROUND 9-FORTY FIVE... WHEN HE SAYS A TEENAGER CAME IN... WITH A FRIGHTENING DESCRIPTION "He comes in the store and he tells us I have some guy's on the floor outside and I don't know what happened...and he had pictures from his phone. When I saw that I gave him my phone and he called the police," FRANK SAYS HE FOLLOWED THE BOY TO WHERE THE VICTIM WAS FOUND...WHICH WAS THROUGH A CUT-OUT PART IN THE FENCE IN AN ADJACENT PARKING LOT. POLICE ARRIVED TO FIND A BLACK MALE WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH. THEY CLOSED OFF THE SCENE AND COMBED THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR EVIDENCE... GAYLE PIERCE SAYS SHE WAS IN HER HOME NEXT DOOR...WHEN SHE HEARD A GUNSHOT. "I thought well it's just a car backfiring. I didn't think anything about someone being shot. Now i'm scared," MARADWEH SAYS PEOPLE USE THE HOLE IN THE FENCE TO COME AND GO... AND HE SAYS THERE ARE OFTEN ROBBERIES THERE. BUT IT'S THE FIRST MURDER HE'S SEEN... "After eight o clock always I am scared. It's scary. It's almost no one out after eight. It's dark here and everything," HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE GROWTH AROUND THE FENCE MAKES IT ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PIERCE AGREES...AND SAYS IT JUST SCARES HER MORE... "You think whoever shot that guy, will shoot anybody. Life meant nothing to that guy," WE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE PERSON WHO FOUND THE

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